Window-sash weight



"UNITED STA ,1 has, a,

all whom it may comm:

mama June 2e, 1923.

T E S I h "I Re 15,(i34 PATENT OFFICE,

h L. SCHNEIDER, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

i WINDOW-SASH WEIGHT.

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Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN L'. SOB'NHDER,,a Citi Z6n of the United States, at Daren ort, 1n the county of 'Sc'ottand State of owa, have invented new Land useful Improvements in Window-Sash cation.

Weights,

of which the following is a specifi- 'Ifhe'present invention relatesto window sash weights, and more particularly to, the

class of weights that are adjustable or variable in weight by the adding or subtracting to or from the weight thereof to attainthe' desiredweight of the device.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide thisinvention with a body, which may or may not'have means, such use hook,

for the attaching of added weight to the weight elements or slugs to or iii;

ofthe, window sash weight; with a body,preferably' elongated and open at one end, having a recess, also preferabl elongated, for the reception of weight e ements or slugs, together with arms, preferably aced'and extending from the open end of t e body for'providing a space therebetween for the passage through such sfpaceof the I rom the 're mass, with such bodyand arms, together with a pulley rotatably connected to the preferably at the ends. thereof, in

.s aced relation to or remote from the opening of the body or recess'so as to provide a .1 space or passage between the pulley and such open end of the body and recess whereby the weight elements or slugs may be readily passed into or out of such open endof theyrecess and body; to provide such a sashweight with the advantage of readily varying its weight when counterbalancing the weight of a window sash to which it is attached; and such further objects, advanand capabilities as will later more appear and are inherently possessed by the invention.

In the drawing illustrating a preferred form of the invention, Fig. 1 is a side elevation, artlgfiin section of the improved tg. 2 is an edge elevation partly in sdction of the same, and Fi 3 is a cross-section taken on line 3-3 of ig. 1. Referring more particularly to the drawing, the improved sashweight is preferably cast of suitable material, the body 1 thereof rovided with a pair of arms 2 and 3,

are preferably spaced apart. To the (meringue 1:, 1m, Serial no. 436,198, mm January 10, 1921.

1923." Sel'lal No. 625,119.

' upper end of the arms is attached or carried a suitable pin 4 upon which a pulley 5 is rotatably mounted, the pulley preferably having a concave perimeter-for receiving the sash weight cord and preventing the latter from slipping off the edge or perimeter of the pulley and binding. The body 1 is pro-;

vided with a longitudinally extending cen- Application v tral recess 6, which may be rectangular'in cross-section, and which opens out in the upper end of the body as shown in 7 the other end of the body 1 beingclosed. The

arms 2 and 3 are slightly reduced in thick-i ness for a short distance above the open end 7 to permitthe passing of weights, or slugs 8 between said arins for depositing or in sorting the weights into the recess 6 to increase the weight of the body when neces-v sary. Should. it be desired or, necessary to further I increase the weight of the sashweight over that permitted by the use of'the. weight elements or slugs 8, hooks 9 may 'be formed on the lower end of the body 1 forv the attachment thereto of an added weight 13. In the specific form shown, the hooks have recesses opening out upwardly in'pocket 10 preferably formed in the lower or. closed end, of the body 1, preferably at the longitudinal center of the bottom or closed end ofthe' body 1, as clearly shown in Figs. '1 and 2 of the drawing. This permitsinsertion between the downwardly extending hooks 9 of anup'standing lug 12 formed'on the upper end of the auxiliary weight 13.

The lugl l2'ca'rries a pin 14-.which extends transversely through the lug 12 and seats in the recesses formed in the hooks 9 as i 1 clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing,.in order to suspend the auxiliary wei ht 13 from the body 1 of the sashweight. I he inner walls of the pocket 10 are concavely curved so as to form curved guide surfaces for guiding the entrance of the pin 14 into the pockets or openings of the hooks 9. The i latter are provided with bills 15 which project upwardly a sufiicient distance from the lower end of the hooks to prevent accidental removal of the ends of the pin 14 from the For disconnecting the auxiliary hooks. weight 13 from the body 1, the auxiliary weight is moved upwardly in a direct vertical line until the pin 14 passes above the upper'ends of the bills 15 after which the weight 13 is moved laterally out of the pockets 10. H

1 opens oiltatthe base ofsai pulley-mounted in the upper ends of the arms so as to be spaced from the open end of'fsaid r'e'ess Whilelhave herein described and shown up'ohth'e drfiwin an embodiment ofthe invezition,"-it is to understood that the in 1's notli'mited to the particular con- '.st1iic j tion of weight from said' It w' bmit atthearms 2 and 3 ex tend u irrdy frdm" the open end of the body member and are spaced apart to provide a space or passagetherebetween for the *6 insertion of the weight elements or slugs 8 when inserting the same into the recess 6 of- I "the 1. t

will also be noted that the i? mbtiiite'd for rotation in spaced relation to the open endorf the'recess 6 or 1 remote therefrom, in order also to provide the-spasm aiiidthe open end of recess 6, a 'ortpibage' through which the weight ems: or 'slug's 8 me. 'be passed when inseited intq 'or removed in the recess 6.

titm' ,d'tails and arrangement of parts shown and described, but that other consti'iictions, detailsand arrangements of parts bended by the invention without ar'eficbmpre de m' the spirit thereof.

a. described my invention, I

' 1. Kfw indow sash weight comprising a rectan'gtilafbbdy hating a hookvarranged at itdbbttbm end and parallel arms extending frdm'itsotli'fr end and further having a longitiidiiiitlly centrally arranged recess that arms, and a p I r I weights adapted to be passed mfd'erthe pulley and deposited in the endof the recess.

Awindow sash weight comprising a ed having means for attaching ad weigh tsflthereto and a, recess for the recepelemnts, arms extending l g y and providing a' space be- "said arms for the passage of the elements into or from said recess, and

g, puneyrbtatabIy connected to said arms at con nectedto said arms in that the weight elements a distance fromthe ope'n" eh'd o'ffsaid'recess whereby the weight elements may be deposited into said recess through the space between said pulley andsnid recess.

3. A window weight comprising a body having a recess therein for receiving weight elements, said body being 0 on at one end thereo'flspaced arms exten fitment open end of said body, a. pulley'rotatably connected to said arms in spaced relation to the open end of said body, whereby weight elements may be passed to and from said recess through the space provided between said arms and between saidpulley and said open end of said body. j v

4, A window weight comprising anflelongated hollow body rovidingan elongated recess therein and eing openrat one end thereof, spaced arms extending from the open end of the body and providing a space" therebetween for the ready passage of weight elements to and from said recess, and

a pulley rotatably connected to the arms remote from the openend of the said body for providing space for saidfpassage, of said weight elementsto and fromsaid recess.

'5. A' window weight comprising a. body" having a recess therein for receiving weight; elements, said body being open atone, end" thereof, spaced arms extending from the open end of said body, said arms having portions thereof reduced in thickness near the open end of said body, a pulley rotatably spaced relatio ntd the open end of said body, said reduced portions of said arms and saidjpulleyand the, so

open end of said body beingpso arrangedv may be readily passed to or from said recess through the space provided between the reduced portions of said arms and between said open end of said body.

CHRISTIAN n SCHNEIDER. j

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